Being Steve
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| Being Steve | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Anonymous |
| Publisher(s) | n/a |
| Release date(s) | 19-May-2006 |
| Authoring system | Inform 7 |
| Platform(s) | Z-code |
| Language(s) | English |
| License(s) | Freeware |
| Multimedia | |
| Color effects | none |
| Graphics | none |
| Sound/Music | none |
| Ratings | |
| Cruelty scale | Merciful |
How It Begins
You are Steve Breslin. You wake up in your bedroom, disoriented and cranky. Your computer is here. You do what you have to do.
Notable Features
- Puzzleless, and almost entirely non-interactive. For most of the game, whatever the player types is replaced with preprogrammed commands, character by character. The player isn't given normal control of the keyboard until the very end of the game, and even then, there's nothing much the player can attempt to do.
Trivia and Comments
- The PC's full name is not mentioned in the game, but members of the IF Community in 2006 would immediately recognize who the PC is supposed to be.
- It seems obvious that this "game" was released as an anonymous protest against Steve Breslin's several unpleasant postings to the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup that followed the public beta release of Inform 7.
- The title of the game, Being Steve, parodies the title of an earlier game, Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler as "Celie Paradis"; 2000; Z-code), which itself was a parody of the movie Being John Malkovich.
Versions
Release 1
- Being Steve (Anonymous; 19-May-2006; Z-code).
- Release 1 / Serial number 060519 / Inform 7 build 3L95 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/10N)
- Download BeingSteve.zblorb from the IF Archive
Links
- Being Steve (archived) - at Baf's Guide